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FORT WORTH, Texas — Clint Bowyer had long prepared to enjoy this season, knowing the opportunity waiting for him to be successful again in the NASCAR Cup Series. That certainly helped Bowyer get through the worst season in his career with a...

Ryan Newman gambled and skipped a tire-changing pit stop to move from seventh place to the lead and held on for the final two laps for a surprise victory in Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series race. Newman, 39, who broke a 127-race winless streak,...

Former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon fought back tears and expressed disbelief Thursday at the deaths of his father and stepmother after police found their bodies inside the couple's hillside Southern California home. Gordon recalled how his father instilled...

LONG POND, Pa. — Martin Truex Jr. has one of his four career Sprint Cup wins at Pocono Raceway.
He added his 10th career pole, too.
Truex extended Toyota's recent romp, and turned a lap of 179.244 mph to win the pole Friday.
Truex and Carl Edwards made...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Maybe the TV ratings or attendance numbers don't show it, at least not yet. But NASCAR is having one of its best seasons on the track a third of the way through its marathon schedule.A dozen drivers have a legitimate chance to win on a...

HAMPTON, Ga. — As an heir to one of stock car racing's royal families, Ty Dillon longs to have a Sprint Cup ride of his own.For now, he'll have to settle for being a NASCAR sub.Dillon is filling in for injured Tony Stewart in Sunday's race at Atlanta...

JOLIET, Ill. — When the green flag drops on the opening round of NASCAR's playoffs, Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard will be racing for a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the first time in their careers.Unlike the other 14 drivers in the Chase,...

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. slapped the top of his No. 78 Chevrolet, thrust his right fist toward the sky and bounded straight into his girlfriend's arms.
They hugged, kissed and Truex lifted her into the air.
Truex has stood by Sherry...

LONG POND, Pa. — Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps for the fourth straight race, only this time he was in front on the one that mattered most, breaking through Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his first Sprint Cup victory since 2013.
Truex led 97 of 400...

DOVER, Del. — Martin Truex Jr. is keeping the car that has led more laps than any other in the series each of the last two races. He'd just like the No. 78 to lead the last one that really counts.Speeding closer to his first Sprint Cup victory in two...

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Ryan Newman has felt the friends-and-family squeeze before — at the end of the 2013 season, to be precise.
Kevin Harvick — best buds with Tony Stewart — was a Stewart-Haas Racing add-on for the 2014 season. Somebody needed to go. That would be Newman.
...

Jimmie Johnson used pit strategy to grab the lead and won an overtime race under yellow at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, earning his 76th victory to tie the late Dale Earnhardt on the career list.
Kevin Harvick led 131 laps, more than anyone else,...

Kevin Harvick figures he's been in this kind of a situation before.tmpplchld That explains why Harvick _ the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion _ doesn't appear to be sweating the fact that he's one more poor finish away from being eliminated from...

JOLIET, Ill. Jamie McMurray might be driving for the first time in NASCAR's Chase this year, but he's been around long enough to know not to give away any secrets. McMurray admitted earlier this week to asking Aric Almirola about what he might...

There was a stretch of Saturday night's race when all four of Joe Gibbs' cars were leading the pack around Richmond International Raceway. The team owner could barely stand to watch. "That is the most nervous that I get," Gibbs said. "I saw them up there....

There was a stretch of Saturday night's race when all four of Joe Gibbs' cars were leading the pack around Richmond International Raceway.
The team owner could barely stand to watch.
“That is the most nervous that I get,” Gibbs said. “I saw them up...